Syed Salahudeen

Syed Salahudeen (born 18 February 1946), born Syed Mohammed Yusuf Shah, is the leader of the Hizbul Mujahideen movement in Kashmir, whose goal is to join Pakistan through self-determination.

Biography
Syed Mohammed Yusuf Shah was born on 18 February 1946 in Soibugh, Badgam in the Kashmir region of British India to a middle-class family. He originally wanted to study medicine, but he later became a public servant. While studying at the University of Kashmir, he joined Jamaat-e-Islami and stopped studying civil service, which he came to see as traitorous towards Kashmir. He became an Islamic preacher at a madrassa and became the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, a group of Kashmiri Muslim fighters who seek to become a part of Pakistan. Shah became known as "Syed Salahudeen" and fought for union with Pakistan, and threatened to attack Pakistan if they stopped supporting jihadist groups in India.